Cheery Bright Birthday Card for Amy

by Fion

Handmade Birthday Card

This is a birthday card created for my sister-in-law Amy who just had her birthday in August.

I like to use bright colors in making cards, especially when it's for birthday. I suppose it's a day of celebration and happy feelings so bright, striking colors could bring out the mood nicely.


Card Making Steps:

1. Create a cardblank with yellow cardstock. Round the top-right and bottom-right corners with a corner-rounder.

2. Cut out a block of green cardstock. Doodle a border around it with black pen. Handwrite the greetings with black marker.

3. Use a flower template to draw out two sets of flower petals. Use a black pen to outline the flower petals. Adhere the flower petals on top of one another. Curl up the flower petals slightly by rolling them with a pen. Sew thread through the yellow button. Attach the button to the center of the flower. Attach the completed flower to the top left-hand corner of the green cardstock.

4. Wrap a piece of pink ribbon around the green cardstock and tie a bow in front. Attach the completed green block to the top half of the yellow card.

5. Cut out a block of patterned paper and attach it to the lower half of the yellow card.

6. Cut out a strip of lace ribbon and attach it to the patterned paper as shown.


Card Making Supplies:

Yellow and green cardstocks by The Paper Company

Red patterned paper is Mistletoe by Scrapbook Walls

Colorful patterned paper by Brenda Pinnick, Paper Confections

Lace ribbon by Daiso Japan

Pink ribbon, yellow button, thread from stash

Black pen by Pilot Drawing Pen

Black Marker is DottaRiffic by Zig Memory System

Flower template is Craft Flowers Autocollants by Craft Work

Corner rounder